Derbyhaven - Port St Mary 2

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RAAD NY FOILLAN Derbyhaven - Port St Mary 2

COASTAL FOOTPATH

Start Ronaldsway Flying Club Grid Reference NGR SC 290683 Finish Port St Mary Alfred Pier Grid Reference NGR SC 211672 Distance 19.5 km / 12 miles Terrain Low lying coastal footpath reasonably ﬂ at all of the way with some road and track walking. Family Friendly Derbyhaven and Langness, Section Scarlett through to Port St Mary l e Highest point 20 metres / 66 feet i Public Transport • Bus Services 1, 1H, 2, 2A, 11, 12 & 12A serving s links to/from Douglas and Port Erin u Port St Mary • Isle of Man Steam Railway serving Douglas r and Port Erin e

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On this stretch the footpath follows the sea’s edge with views over RONALDSWAY rugged, rocky outcrops and wide sheltered bays. There are coastal Start plants, seabirds and ducks in abundance. Leaving the massive Castl etown Bypas s Norwegian granite blocks which protect the airport’s runway Derbyhaven Alexand ra Road oria Road Vict extension, you head past the site of the Battle of Ronaldsway (AD Derb d yhave omenade n The Pr Road 1275) and then round the shallow, sandy bay at Derbyhaven onto ia Roa Ar bor ctor y R Vi Langness peninsula. Make time to divert onto St Michael’s Isle / oad Fort Island and see the 12th century chapel and civil war fort. There Fa rrants W Castla etown y are often seals in the water here.

RAAD NY Returning to Langness follow the signs FOILLAN to the eastern coast COASTAL FOOTPATH across the golf course and you’ll see the ragged ﬁ ngers of rock which wrecked so many ships along this shore. Passing the lighthouse on the southern end of Langness, make your way along the road and onto the shingle beach-side path which was an early horse racing course for the Earls of Derby. This whole area is full of history as you head to Castletown: Hango Hill, King William’s College and then Castletown itself, the former capital of the Island with the Nautical Museum, the Old House of Keys, the Old Grammar School and at its heart – Castle Rushen. The bedrock here is limestone and as you head onto Scarlett Head there are also some volcanic stones. To your right are buildings from the WW2 radar station and then another 500 m 1 : 17 770 Iron Age promontory fort at Close ny Chollagh. OpenStreetMap and contributors If you have time, take the road from Poyllvaaish to Chapel Hill, Balladoole and its Iron Age fort, Viking ship burial and Christian keeill as well as views right round the south of the Island and to Snaefell and North Barrule in the north. Back beside the sea, follow the exposed coastline around Carrick Bay to the sheltered harbour of Port St Mary. Castle Rushen The Raad ny Foillan in 12 stages:

1 Douglas - Derbyhaven 9 2 Derbyhaven - Port St Mary THE PHURT 3 Port St Mary - Port Erin

4 Port Erin - Niarbyl 8 SARTFIELD

5 Niarbyl - Peel RAMSEY 10 6 Peel - Kirk Michael

MAUGHOLD 11 7 Kirk Michael - Jurby

8 Jurby - Point of Ayre 7 KIRK MICHAEL

9 Point of Ayre - Ramsey

10 Ramsey - Maughold LAXEY 12 6 PEEL 11 Maughold - Laxey

12 Laxey - Douglas

5 DALBY

DOUGLAS 1

PORT PORT ERIN 4 ST MARY BALLASALLA 3 2

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